Commission Regulation (EC) No 278/2009 (repealed)Show full title

ANNEX I U.K. ECODESIGN REQUIREMENTS

1. NO-LOAD POWER CONSUMPTION AND AVERAGE ACTIVE EFFICIENCY U.K.

(a) One year after this Regulation has come into force: U.K.

The no-load condition power consumption shall not exceed 0,50 W.

The average active efficiency shall be not less than:

• 0,500 · P_O, for P_O < 1,0 W;

• 0,090 · ln(P_O) + 0,500, for 1,0 W ≤ P_O ≤ 51,0 W;

• 0,850, for P_O > 51,0 W.

(b) Two years after this Regulation has come into force: U.K.

• The no-load condition power consumption shall not exceed the following limits:

  	AC-AC external power supplies, except low voltage external power supplies	AC-DC external power supplies except low voltage external power supplies	Low voltage external power supplies
  PO ≤ 51,0 W	0,5 W	0,3 W	0,3 W
  PO > 51,0 W	0,5 W	0,5 W	n/a

• The average active efficiency shall be not less than the following limits:

  	AC-AC and AC-DC external power supplies, except low voltage external power supplies	Low voltage external power supplies
  PO ≤ 1,0 W	0,480 · PO + 0,140	0,497 · PO + 0,067
  1,0 W < PO ≤ 51,0 W	0,063 · ln(PO) + 0,622	0,075 · ln(PO) + 0,561
  PO > 51,0 W	0,87	0,86

2. MEASUREMENTS U.K.

The no-load condition power consumption and the average active efficiency referred to in point 1 shall be established by a reliable, accurate and reproducible measurement procedure, which takes into account the generally recognised state of the art.

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Textual Amendments

F1 Deleted by Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/2282 of 30 November 2016 amending Regulations (EC) No 1275/2008, (EC) No 107/2009, (EC) No 278/2009, (EC) No 640/2009, (EC) No 641/2009, (EC) No 642/2009, (EC) No 643/2009, (EU) No 1015/2010, (EU) No 1016/2010, (EU) No 327/2011, (EU) No 206/2012, (EU) No 547/2012, (EU) No 932/2012, (EU) No 617/2013, (EU) No 666/2013, (EU) No 813/2013, (EU) No 814/2013, (EU) No 66/2014, (EU) No 548/2014, (EU) No 1253/2014, (EU) 2015/1095, (EU) 2015/1185, (EU) 2015/1188, (EU) 2015/1189 and (EU) 2016/2281 with regard to the use of tolerances in verification procedures (Text with EEA relevance).

3. INFORMATION TO BE PROVIDED BY MANUFACTURERS U.K.

For the purposes of conformity assessment pursuant to Article 4, the technical documentation shall contain the following elements:

Reported quantity	Description
Root mean square (Rms) output current (mA)	Measured at load conditions 1-4
Rms output voltage (V)
Active output power (W)
Rms input voltage (V)	Measured at load conditions 1-5
Rms input power (W)
Total harmonic distortion (THD)
True power factor
Power consumed (W)	Calculated at load condition 1-4, measured at load condition 5
Efficiency	Calculated at load conditions 1-4
Average efficiency	Arithmetic average of efficiency at load conditions 1-4

The relevant load conditions are as follows:

Percentage of nameplate output current
Load condition 1	100 % ± 2 %
Load condition 2	75 % ± 2 %
Load condition 3	50 % ± 2 %
Load condition 4	25 % ± 2 %
Load condition 5	0 % (no-load condition)

[F2 ANNEX II U.K. Product compliance verification by market surveillance authorities

Textual Amendments

F2 Substituted by Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/2282 of 30 November 2016 amending Regulations (EC) No 1275/2008, (EC) No 107/2009, (EC) No 278/2009, (EC) No 640/2009, (EC) No 641/2009, (EC) No 642/2009, (EC) No 643/2009, (EU) No 1015/2010, (EU) No 1016/2010, (EU) No 327/2011, (EU) No 206/2012, (EU) No 547/2012, (EU) No 932/2012, (EU) No 617/2013, (EU) No 666/2013, (EU) No 813/2013, (EU) No 814/2013, (EU) No 66/2014, (EU) No 548/2014, (EU) No 1253/2014, (EU) 2015/1095, (EU) 2015/1185, (EU) 2015/1188, (EU) 2015/1189 and (EU) 2016/2281 with regard to the use of tolerances in verification procedures (Text with EEA relevance).

The verification tolerances defined in this Annex relate only to the verification of the measured parameters by Member State authorities and shall not be used by the manufacturer or importer as an allowed tolerance to establish the values in the technical documentation or in interpreting these values with a view to achieving compliance or to communicate better performance by any means.

When verifying the compliance of a product model with the requirements laid down in this Regulation pursuant to Article 3(2) of Directive 2009/125/EC, for the requirements referred to in this Annex, the authorities of the Member States shall apply the following procedure:

(1)

The Member State authorities shall verify one single unit of the model.

(2)

The model shall be considered to comply with the applicable requirements if:

(a)

the values given in the technical documentation pursuant to point 2 of Annex IV to Directive 2009/125/EC (declared values), and, where applicable, the values used to calculate these values, are not more favourable for the manufacturer or importer than the results of the corresponding measurements carried out pursuant to paragraph (g) thereof; and

(b)

the declared values meet any requirements laid down in this Regulation, and any required product information published by the manufacturer or importer does not contain values that are more favourable for the manufacturer or importer than the declared values; and

(c)

when the Member State authorities test the unit of the model, the determined values (the values of the relevant parameters as measured in testing and the values calculated from these measurements) comply with the respective verification tolerances as given in the table below.

(3)

If the results referred to in point 2(a) or (b) are not achieved, the model shall be considered not to comply with this Regulation.

(4)

If the result referred to in point 2(c) is not achieved, the Member State authorities shall select three additional units of the same model for testing.

(5)

The model shall be considered to comply with the applicable requirements if, for these three units, the arithmetical mean of the determined values complies with the respective verification tolerances given in the table below.

(6)

If the result referred to in point 5 is not achieved, the model shall be considered not to comply with this Regulation.

(7)

The Member State authorities shall provide all relevant information to the authorities of the other Member States and to the Commission without delay after a decision being taken on the non-compliance of the model according to points 3 and 6.

The Member State authorities shall use the measurement and calculation methods set out in Annex I.

The Member State authorities shall only apply the verification tolerances that are set out in the table below and shall only use the procedure described in points 1 to 7 for the requirements referred to in this Annex. No other tolerances, such as those set out in harmonised standards or in any other measurement method, shall be applied.

Verification tolerances

Parameters	Verification tolerances
No-load condition	The determined value shall not exceed the declared value by more than 0,10 W.
Arithmetical mean of efficiency at load conditions 1-4 as defined in Annex I	The determined value shall not be lower than the declared value by more than 5 %.]

ANNEX III U.K. INDICATIVE BENCHMARKS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 6

(a) No-load condition U.K.

The lowest available no-load condition power consumption of external power supplies can be approximated by:

• 0,1 W or less, for P_O ≤ 90 W,

• 0,2 W or less, for 90 W < P_O ≤ 150 W,

• 0,4 W or less, for 150 W < P_O ≤ 180 W,

• 0,5 W or less, for P_O > 180 W.

(b) Average active efficiency U.K.

The best available active average efficiency of external power supplies according to most recent available data (status January 2008) can be approximated by:

• 0,090 · ln (P_O) + 0,680, for 1,0 W ≤ P_O ≤ 10,0 W,

• 0,890, for P_O > 10,0 W.